Virginia dog owners won a major victory on January 26, when the Virginia Senate Agriculture Committee defeated a mandatory spay/neuter bill by an 8-6 vote. Senate Bill 1151 imposed a mandatory spay/neuter requirement on dogs picked up by animal control more than once. AKC opposes the concept of the mandatory spay/neuter of purebred dogs. Instead, […]

January 31st at 8 p.m. on Animal Planet and Discovery Channel  The American Kennel Club® and Eukanuba invite you to tune in for the eighth annual AKC/Eukanuba National Championship on Animal Planet and Discovery Channel Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 8 PM (ET/PT). Nearly 3,000 of the world’s top dogs vied for honors in Long […]

The AKC® announced today that it has arranged for Activ8 Marketing, LLC., a full service media and sponsorship representation company, to identify and pursue sponsorship opportunities on its behalf. They will be working to match sponsors with AKC’s numerous mission-driven programs such as AKC Meet the Breeds®, AKC Canine Good Citizen®, AKC S.T.A.R. Puppysm and […]

Two Minnesota Senate proposals, SF 7 and SF 201, each featuring different breeder regulation proposals, will be heard on Tuesday, January 27, by the Senate Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee. It is vitally important that all responsible dog breeders and owners in Minnesota attend Tuesday’s committee hearing to express their positions on these bills or […]

Responsible dog owners won a decisive victory Thursday afternoon when the Montana House Local Government Committee voted 17-1 against a bill to ban "pit bulls" in the state. House Bill 191 prohibited the ownership, harboring, or keeping of dogs described as "pit bulls".  "Pit bulls" was defined to include Staffordshire Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers, […]

January, 22, 2009 Legislation that seeks to prohibit persons from owning or maintaining an intact dog or cat older than four months old has been filed in the Florida House. If adopted, 2009 Florida House Bill 451 would have a profound negative impact not only on responsible dog breeders in Florida, but also on all […]

Montana House Bill 191–which, with little exception, seeks to prohibit the ownership, harboring, or keeping of dogs described as "pit bulls"–is scheduled for consideration by the House Local Government Committee on Thursday, January 22, at 3PM, in room 172 of the capitol building, 1301 East Sixth Avenue in Helena.  The American Kennel Club encourages all […]

Over 100 concerned dog and cat owners attended yesterday’s hearing in Riverside County and convinced the Board of Supervisors to accept amendments to the proposed spay/neuter and mandatory microchipping ordinance. Although the ideal outcome would have been the defeat of this ordinance and to focus efforts on responsible animal owner education programs and stronger enforcement […]

-- AKC Humane Fund Founding Members Wall of Honor Unveiled at AKC Open House -- Next month visitors to the American Kennel Club’s Open House will be among the first to see the AKC Humane Fund "Founding Members Wall of Honor." The Wall occupies a prominent place in the executive offices of AKC’s Corporate Headquarters […]

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors will hold a hearing tomorrow morning at 9 am to discuss an ordinance that would require the spaying/neutering of any dog or cat for even a minor violation of the animal control ordinance and would force pet owners to microchip all their animals and register the microchips with the […]